Julio Cesar Chavez Jr and

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Ruiz-Parker Final Presser Quick Quotes

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Photo of the day

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Jones-Gunn: Skill vs. Will

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Jones Jr. – Gunn Kickoff

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Evander Holyfield: “I’m cut. He head-butted me. He came down on me with his head. I don’t know about my next fight (March 5 vs. Brian Nielson in Denmark). I’m cut, I’m cut. I’ll give Sherman a rematch.”

Sherman Williams: “I’m back. This fight was a circus, on again, off again. But I stayed focused. I hurt him with an overhand punch. Let’s bring this fight to Atlantis – Holyfield-Williams II. I’ll take his place in Denmark and fight Nielson.”

In a clash for the NABO title on Saturday night at the Bayamón Correctional Complex 1072 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, super bantamweight Jonathan Oquendo (21-2, 14 KOs) won by KO when he sent Cecilio Santos (25-17-3, 15 KOs) to the canvas with a body punch in the first round and Santos didn’t beat the count. Time was 2:46.

Unbeaten bantamweight prospect McJoe Arroyo (8-0, 5 KOs) scored a fourth round TKO over Eduardo Meléndez (4-9, 1 KO). Meléndez was down two times in the second round and once in the fourth. Time was 1:38.

10,000+ were on hand at the Estadio Olimpico Neza 86 in Mexico City on Saturday night to see HG Boxing’s “4 Coronas” card featuring four world title fights. Most notably, Mexican Hugo “Cuatito” Ruiz won the WBA Interim bantamweight title with a technical majority decision over Nicaraguan Alvaro Perez. The bout was stopped at the end of round nine due to head clashes. Scores were Russell Mora (U.S.) 87-83 to Ruiz, Pasquale Procopio (Canada) 86-84 to Ruiz and Carlos Sucre (Venezuela) 86-86. Referee Mark Nelson dieducted a point from Perez in the ninth round.

Mexican Aracely Muciño won by fourth round TKO over American Chantel Cordoba to win the vacant IBF female flyweight world title.

Legendary heavyweight world champion Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield (43-10-2, 28 KOs) and Sherman “Tank” Williams (34-11, 19 KOs) ended in a three round no-contest on Saturday night at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. The 48-year-old Holyfield was cut over the left eye in round two by an unintentional headbutt and rocked by a Williams right hand in round three. After the round Evander said he couldn’t see and the bout was declared a no contest. The cut could very well jeopardize Evander’s scheduled March 5 fight against Brian Nielsen in Copenhagen, Denmark.

In the co-feature, former heavyweight title challenger Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson (24-1-1, 10 KOs), who took the bout on short notice, won an eight round unanimous decision over 300lb, seven-footer Julius Long (15-15, 13 KOs). Johnson dropped Long twice in round eight. Scores were 79-71 on all cards.

In an impressive display of brute power Cedric “The Boz” Boswell (32-1, 25 KOs) continued to roll stopping Dominique “Diamond” Alexander (19-10, 9 KOs) in the second round after knocking down his opponent three times with hard left hooks to the body. (more…)

Unbeaten super featherweight Diego Magdaleno (18-0, 6 KOs) Marcos Leonardo Jimenez (18-3, 12 KOs) on Saturday night at the Texas Station Hotel Casino in Las Vegas. Magdaleno dropped Jimenez with a body shot in round one and dominated the fight. Jimenez was almost stopped in round five and the bout was halted between rounds. With the win, Magdaleno claimed the vacant NABF championship.

Unbeaten featherweight Roberto Marroquin (18-0, 14 KOs) impressively KO’d Eduardo Arcos (17-3, 14 KOs) in round four. Marroquin dropped Arcos with a big left hand, then finished him with another left moments later. Time was 1:21.

Highly touted featherweight Jesse Magdaleno (2-0, 2 KOs) TKO’d out Cain Garcia (0-2) in round three. Jesse fired a hard right hook which sent Garcia flying into the ropes – he touched down, tried to continue but fight was called off – spectacular performance. Time was 2:14. Jesse, whose brother Diego is featured in the headliner, was a major amateur star. (more…)

A packed house at the Crowne Plaza Hotel’s Grand Ballroom came in from the cold to warm up to a night of fisticuffs in Albany, New York as Ares Promotions presented Fight Night III. Headlining was former Manny Pacquiao title challenger Emmanuel Lucero, who took a ten round unanimous decision over Oscar Cuero in a super featherweight clash. (more…)

Light heavyweight Danny McIntosh (13-1, 7 KOs) won the vacant European light heavyweight title with a come-from-behind KO against Thierry Karl (28-5, 18 KOs) on Saturday at the Palais des sports Marcel Cerdan in Levallois-Perret, France. McIntosh connected with a “Hail Mary” punch in round ten that left Karl unable to continue.

Former world rated and current IBF Pan Pacific champion Fahsai Sakkreerin (30-2, 15 KOs) stopped Yersin Jailauov (20-8-1, 7 KOs) in round two of scheduled twelve round bout at the Petchakasem School in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday. In round one the Kazakhstan’s boxer suffered a cut over the left eye when he clashed heads with Sakkreerin accidentaly. At 2:35 of round two Jailauov was counted out after he was dropped by a barrage of solid head shots by Sakkreerin. (more…)

Mexican boxing legend Erik Morales has commented on a proposed April fight against Juan Manuel Marquez, which Marquez appears to have rejected:

“My compatriot Juan Manuel Marquez is deciding if he’ll fight me or not because I made proposals to Amir Khan and Andre Berto, two current world champions and perhaps they’ll offer more money to fight me. But I’m going to fight in April or on a date close to that in Las Vegas against a good fighter, the best available. I won’t lose any sleep, much less my dreams over a single fighter. He thinks he’s GIVING me an opportunity, but really he’s GETTING an opportunity to see a full arena, because in his last fight he got less than 5,000 people, whereas I always did very well thanks to my fans’ support, thank God.

“Finally if Zanfer Promotions is talking in his ear, I can say from experience not to believe everything you hear. He doesn’t realize that all Zanfer wants is to use him so that I can’t fight for a title again because they’re pissed that I’m not working with them.

“I thank my friends for their support and I’ll tell you know who I’ll fight against soon.”

Unbeaten 6’9 heavyweight Tyson Fury (13-0, 9 KOs) will face his toughest opponent to date when he takes on 42-year-old former world title challenger Francois Botha (48-5-3, 28 KOs) over 10 rounds in a “Special Feature Fight” at Wembley Arena in London on February 19th. The will card also feature “Lightning” Lenny Daws defending his British light welterweight title against Ashley “Treasure” Theophane. Welterweights John O’Donnell and Craig Watson meeting for the second time in as many years, this time fighting it out to be crowned the British 147lb champion and former Commonwealth challenger Lee “Lights out” Purdy defending his Southern Area welter title against Michael “The Look” Lomax.

Leading IBF promoter in Asia Pacific Region – Jimmy Chaichotchuang talks to Fightnews about IBF#6 bantamweight Thantong Kiattaweesuk and that he is confident he’ll defeat IBF champion Joseph Abeko and how his Thai boxers Fahprakorb Rakkiattgym and Fahsung 3K Battery both clashed with Manny Pacquiao. Jimmy also talks about English boxing trainer Ryan Munton who now trains Chaichotchuang’s boxers in his new training camp in Bangkok and how he will be promoting IBF shows every month which will be televised throughout Thailand on the Channel seven Television Network.

Fight night is finally here for The Greenbrier. The first-ever prize fight at the resort, “Redemption in America: The Journey Begins Now,” headlined by Evander Holyfield, will be held tonight. Although it’s the first of its kind at the famed hotel, owner and CEO Jim Justice said it’s business as usual hosting a big event, just a different sort. . . .Click here for more by the Register Herald

“Redemption In America: The Journey Begins Now” Pay-Per-View event, headlined by the 12-round Holyfield-Williams main event, is presented by ARK Promotions in association with The Greenbrier. “Redemption” will be distributed in North American by Integrated Sports Media for live viewing at 9 PM/ET 6 PM/PT on both cable and satellite pay per view via iN Demand, DIRECTV, Avail-TVN and DISH Network in the United States, as well as Viewer’s Choice and Shaw PPV in Canada, for a suggested retail price of $29.95.

Branco Milencovic of Branco Sports Productions will do a first in South African boxing when he does his own television production of the tournament scheduled to be held at Carnival City in Brakpan on Saturday January 29. The main event is the fight between Katsunari Takayama of Japan and South Africa’s Nkosinathi Joyi who will make the first defence for his IBF mini flyweight belt. Takayama will be the first Japanese fighter to contest an IBF belt in 26 years.

Milenkovic has revealed that he will do the production of the tournament himself and provide feeds to other television companies including the South African National Broadcasting Corporation. (more…)

Putting on a professional boxing event at The Greenbrier may be a new phenomenon, but former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield and his renowned trainer Tommy Brooks think that it’s an ideal venue . . .Click here for more by the Register Herald

“Redemption In America: The Journey Begins Now” Pay-Per-View event, headlined by the 12-round Holyfield-Williams main event, is presented by ARK Promotions in association with The Greenbrier. “Redemption” will be distributed in North American by Integrated Sports Media for live viewing at 9 PM/ET 6 PM/PT on both cable and satellite pay per view via iN Demand, DIRECTV, Avail-TVN and DISH Network in the United States, as well as Viewer’s Choice and Shaw PPV in Canada, for a suggested retail price of $29.95.

Zuffa, LLC (“Zuffa”), owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (“UFC®”) brand announced today that it filed a lawsuit against Justin.tv, Inc. (“Justin.tv”) for copyright and trademark infringement in United States District Court for the District of Nevada arising from Justin.tv’s repeated and ongoing failure to meaningfully address the rampant and illegal uploading of video of live Pay-Per-View UFC® events by members and users of the Justin.tv website. (more…)

Former four-time “world” champion Baby Jake Matlala who has been seriously ill over the last three months has confirmed that no matter what he will attend the box and dine tournament to be held in his honour at Emperors Palace Kempton on Thursday January 27. Matlala has said he wants to watch the main event between Hekkie Budler and Gideon Buthelezi for the IBO junior flyweight belt and will hand over the championship belt to the winner.

The 49-year-old Matlala has been suffering from pneumonia and complications and has been in the Intensive Care Unit on three occasions over the past three months. (more…)

In a huge upset, Angel “Mikol” Aguilar (14-6-1, 6 KOs) recovered from a first round knockdown to win an eight round split decision over WBO #2/IBF #11 rated bantamweight William “Chirizo” Gonzalez (26-4, 21 KOs) on Friday night at the Jose Cuervo Salon (formerly Salon 21) in the Polanco Colonia of Mexico City. Scores were 76-75, 76-75 for Aguilar and 76-75 for Gonzalez, who entered the bout as the WBO’s mandatory bantamweight challenger.

In the main event, FECARBOX super flyweight titlist Johnny “Laberinto” Garcia (17-2-1, 11 KOs) won a hard fought twelve round unanimous decision over previously unbeaten WBO #7 rated and Latin beltholder William “El Barranquillero” Urina (17-1, 14 KOs) in a regional unification clash. Garcia dropped Urina at the end of round four with a left uppercut/left hook and Urina suffered a deep cut on the hairline after an unintentional headbutt in round six that bled heavily for the rest of the fight. A desperate Urina floored Garcia in round twelve but was unable to finish him. Scores were 116-110, 117-109, 116-109.

World ranked Diego Chaves (17-0, 13 KOs) of Argentina retained his WBO Latino welterweight title by defeating former contender and fellow countryman Omar Weis (40-11-4, 17KOs) in an extremley close fight. The 24-year-old Chaves had all he could handle from the 38-year-old Weis. Weis dropped Chaves in round seven. Chaves beat the count but had to do all he could to survive the round as he was badly hurt. In round ten, a bad cut was opened on Weis’ right eye but the ringside doctor ruled he was fit to continue. Both fighters closed the final two rounds as if it were the beginning of the fight. Great action fight from beginning to end. All three judges favored Chaves 115-112, 115-112, and 114-113. The event took place at the Club Los Indios, Morenos in Buenos Aires, Argentina with Mario Margossian promoting.

World ranked Lucas Matthysee (28-1, 26 KOs) of Argentina punished former world champion Demarcus “Chop Chop” Corley (36-16-1, 22 KOs) in route to and 8th round TKO victory on Friday night at the Polideportivo Vicente Polimeni in Mendoza, Argentina. The game plan was evident for Matthysee to work work the body as he did this relentlessly. Matthysee was in control from the very beginning though Corley held his own. Corley was down an unheard of eight times in the fight including three times in the final round where the referee rightfully waved the fight off after the last knockdown. Corley to his credit beat the count rather easily each time but was a lot worse for wear after the knockdowns in round eight. Matthysee picked up the vacant WBO Intercontinental super lightweight title with the win. Golden Boy Promotions and Aranobox promoted the event.

The popular Magdaleno brothers — Diego and Jesse – of Las Vegas will fight on a Top Rank Live! championship boxing card at the Texas Station Gambling Hall and Casino this Saturday on a card the will be telecast on FSN and Fox Deportes live in the United States. In the main event, Diego Magdaleno, 17-0, will take on Marcos Leonardo Jimenez, 18-2, of Santo Domingo, who is a resident of Puerto Rico and is promoted by Cotto Promotions, They will battle for the NABF Super Featherweight Championship. Today both fighters had no problem making the weight as Magdaleno came in at a fit and ready 130 pounds and Jimenez at 129.

Diego’s younger brother Jesse – an amateur superstar who just signed with Top Rank – will face Cain Diaz, 0-1, of Bakersfield, Ca. in a four-round super bantamweight bout. Jesse has a record of 1-0-0, and came in today at 121.5 and Garcia tip the scale at 122. (more…)

It’s official. 22-year-old knockout artist David Lemieux (25-0, 24 KOs), currently ranked #2 in the world by the WBC will face his toughest test to date on April 8th under the shining lights of Montreal’s Bell Centre as he takes on against 30-year-old Mexican slugger and WBC #3 ranked contender Marco Antonio Rubio (49-5-1, 42 KOs) for a chance at becoming the mandatory challenger to the WBC world title. This WBC middleweight championship eliminator will act as the main event to the final installment of Groupe Yvon Michel’s FAST AND FURIOUS boxing series, and marks the first time Lemieux will face a true world title contender. (more…)

Promoter Oscar De La Hoya announced the March 5 fight between welterweights Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Matthew Hatton at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. “Matthew Hatton is a very good fighter with an exciting style and I think together we’ll give the fans a great fight,” said Alvarez. “I know he’s hungry to get this victory and move closer to a world championship, but I want this one more, and I’ll show it on March 5.” Matthew Hatton was not on hand at the press conference. More photos…

Note: USBA junior welterweight champion Tim Coleman suffered a right shoulder injury in sparring and has withdrawn from his title defense against Vernon Paris. A new opponent for Paris will be announced shortly.

PAY-PER-VIEW INFORMATION: Distributed in North American by Integrated Sports Media for live viewing at 9 PM/ET 6 PM/PT on both cable and satellite pay per view via iN Demand, DIRECTV, Avail-TVN and DISH Network in the United States, as well as Viewer’s Choice and Shaw PPV in Canada, for a suggested retail price of $29.95 “Redemption” will also be streamed live on www.NESportsTV.com outside of the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Argentina and Brazil for $9.99 USD (International conversion rates apply)
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WBC Youth world champions Juan Antonio Rodriguez and Esmeralda Moreno are ready to defend Saturday against their Mexican compatriots Hugo Morales and Yesenia Martínez in the featured fights on the event billed as “Gala de Estrellas” presented by Boxeo de Gala.

A purse bid was held today at WBC Headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico for the right to promote a WBC light heavyweight silver championship title bout between former WBC 175 lb World champion Adrian “The Shark” Diaconu (27-2-0, 15 KO) from Romania/Canada and Chris “Hard Hittin’” Henry (25-2-0, 20 KO) from Houston, Texas. InterBox won with an offer of $70,000 USD. According to WBC rules, both Adrian Diaconu and Chris Henry will split the sum 50/50. InterBox was the only bidder present in Mexico.

Important to note is the fact that this bout is also a final eliminator, and the winner will automatically become the mandatory contender to current WBC Light Heavyweight champion Jean Pascal. Adrian Diaconu has fought Pascal twice with the WBC Title at stake, losing both times by unanimous decision in very exciting and entertaining fights. (more…)

Although the clock is running on the free negotiation period for the WBC-mandated rematch between light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal and Bernard Hopkins, Pascal’s promoter Yvon Michel told the Montreal Gazette that he still believes Pascal’s next opponent will be Chad Dawson, provided that a network is willing to cough up a $2 million offer.

Former world title challenger and U.S. Olympian boxer Zahir Raheem will be on hand to meet and greet fans at the Scores Sports Bar and Restaurant Atlanta in the Kelly’s Alley of the Underground of Atlanta on January 28th from 6PM-8PM. There will be free admission.

English light heavyweight titleholder Danny McIntosh will be challenging French champion Thierry Karl for the vacant European belt on Saturday night at the Palais des sports Marcel Cerdan, Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine in France.

The WBC has announced the results of the two purse bids scheduled for today:

Promoters GYM and Promociones del Pueblo reached an agreement for the final elimination bout between #2 rated David Lemieux, from Canada and #3 rated Marco Antonio Rubio, from Mexico, in the middleweight division.

Interbox won the purse bid for the final elimination bout between former champion Adrian Diaconu, from Romania/Canada, rated #4 and Chris Henry, from the USA, rated #3 in the light heavyweight division.